{"id":457873,"date":"2026-09-09T03:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T03:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457873\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T03:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T03:47:14","slug":"chp-bakersfield-to-host-free-car-seat-checks-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457873\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP Bakersfield to host free car seat checks Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; The California Highway Patrol is encouraging parents to sign up for free car seat checks in Bakersfield on Friday to better protect their children while driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 11, at the CHP Bakersfield Office at 9855 Compagnoni St., according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Watch &#039;After Sunrise&#039; on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/plus\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Watch &#8216;After Sunrise&#8217; on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Through this event, parents can make sure their child&#8217;s car seat is installed properly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event is by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, call 661-396-6600.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Parents and guardians are encouraged to bring their children along with their car seats to have them inspected by specially trained technicians, CHP said in a release Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">CHP said all children should use size-appropriate car seats or wear seatbelts if they&#8217;re older.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; The California Highway Patrol is encouraging parents to sign up for free car seat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,859,20035,180641,78888,328],"class_list":["post-457873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-california-highway-patrol","tag-car-seat","tag-car-seats","tag-chp-bakersfield-office","tag-kget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}